Improvement in farm-gates



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JoHN MAYBEN, or armor, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 102,569, dated May 3, 1870; antedated April 23, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same Taall whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OIIN MAYBEN, of Mihoy, Mifiin county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Farm-Gate, vof which the following is a full and exact description, reference being had to the aceompanying drawing and letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view. v

Figure 2 is a sectional View.

'lo enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is a bed of wood sunk in the ground.

B B are two uprights, which are fastened into thc bed by mortise, and made secure at the top by a grooved guide, a, for the top rail of the gate tornn in.

C is the head-post, with a groove in, to receive the end of the gate when fastened.

. D is the gate.

E is part of a fence, showing one of thc pulleys that `rcst on the fence-rail.

F and Gare two pulleys. The pulley F is fastened to the bottom of the upright post of the gate, and

vruns along in a small groove, a', in the bed or sill of the gate. p

G is a pulley, that is attached to the other upright post of the gate, having a flange, b, which rests on one of the fence-bars, (the middle,) vandl prevents the gate from wabbling and oscillating.'

His a grooved pulley, which isfastened to the bottom, and between the two upright posts B B, and on which the gate D runs, and, by means of said groove and the other pulleys, the gate is kept in a firm and solid positionwhile being operated.

' horse to go through, without ,the least trouble, and

without dismounting from his horse, by taking hold\of the top of the upright post of the gate, which has the pulley F atthe bottom, and, by a gentle pressure downward upon the pulley, it can be opened with great ease. v

The top rail of the gate cis made to incline, so that `persons handling it to open the gate can be enabled to do so with more ease than by the ordinary rail.

I do not claim as new the running of gates on pulleys, as I am aware of 4the patents of J.' H. Noname.-l ker, April 23, 1867, H. A. Henderson,of August 25,

1868, W. H. Goodale, of July 13, 1869, and others,

where a pulley is lused; nor do I claim any of the devices set forth by them; but

What I do claiml as new and as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

.The grooved pulley H, in combination with the uprights B B, the grooved-guide a, the pulleys F and G, the gate D, the sill or bed A, and grooved headpost C, all constructed and arranged as described, and forthe uses and purposes set foth.

JOHN MAYBEN.

Witnesses:

W. N. WAL'roN, \M. H. N. KENDIG. 

